GPU Driver & Memory Management Architect

HP Inc.; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 147,000 - 231,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Long term/short term disability

Employee assistance program

Flexible spending account

Life insurance

Parental leave (4-12 weeks)

Paid holidays

Flexible vacation and sick leave

Job summary

HP Inc. in California seeks a GPU Driver & Memory Management Architect to lead driver architecture for memory management across CPU/GPU/NPU, enabling efficient shared memory use. You will own the architecture and collaborate across OS drivers and hardware teams to scale AI workloads.

The role emphasizes performance optimization and cross-organization leadership, with strong hardware design and software toolchain experience required.

Qualifications

• Four-year or graduate degree in electrical engineering or related field.
• Typically 10+ years of work experience in electrical design and tools, software packages, architecture of electronic hardware.

Responsibilities

• Architect driver-level memory management (DVMT, shared memory models, WDDM).
• Enable dynamic memory allocation across GPU, CPU, and NPU.
• Optimize iGPU performance for AI + graphics hybrid workloads.
• Define OS-driver contracts (Windows/Linux).
• Diagnose and resolve memory-related performance bottlenecks.
• Partner with IHVs on driver capabilities and requirements.

Skills

Memory GPU design

Electrical Engineering

Computer Science

Debugging

FPGA

Hardware Architecture

Schematic Capture

Simulations

MATLAB

OS-driver contracts

Education

Four-year or Graduate Degree in Electrical Engineering, or commensurate work experience

Tools

MATLAB

Job description

GPU Driver & Memory Management Architect

Description -

Job Summary

This role is responsible for exploring & developing GPU (and NPU-adjacent) driver architecture with deep ownership of memory management, enabling efficient shared memory utilization across CPU/GPU/NPU. This role ensures architectures and methodologies are scalable across different PCs, identifying and evaluating emerging technologies and partnerships, and aligning these with technology roadmaps and business value. The role will deliver improved GPU/NPU utilization for AI workloads. The role offers tangible feedback to enhance product quality, while overseeing tracking and reporting of product-related performance metrics. The role leverages functional expertise to shape strategy and policy, facilitating the realization of operational and strategic plans.

Responsibilities

• Architect driver-level memory management (DVMT, shared memory models, WDDM)

• Enable dynamic memory allocation across GPU, CPU, and NPU

• Optimize iGPU performance for AI + graphics hybrid workloads

• Define OS-driver contracts (Windows/Linux)

• Diagnose and resolve memory-related performance bottlenecks

• Partner with IHVs (Intel/AMD/Qualcomm) on driver capabilities and requirements

• Develops organization-wide architectures and methodologies for electrical hardware design and development across multiple platforms and organizations.

• Leads part qualification processes through implementation of product quality plans, equipment inspections, factory witness testing, and manufacturing process qualifications.

• Identifies and evaluates new technologies, innovations, and outsourced development partner relationships for alignment with technology roadmap and business value.

• Drives integration of new technologies into projects and activities in the electrical hardware design organization.

• Reviews and evaluates designs and project activities for compliance with technology and development guidelines and standards; provides tangible feedback to improve product quality.

• Leads overall tracking and reporting of various electrical/hardware product related performance metrics and reports against the same.

• Exercises independent judgment in resolving business issues and establishing functional policies for guidance.

• Provides domain-specific expertise and overall electrical/electronic hardware and platform leadership and perspective to cross-organization projects, programs, and activities.

• Leverages functional expertise in guiding strategy and setting functional policy and direction, while helping the team in realization of these operational and strategic plans.

• Provides guidance and mentoring to less- experienced staff members to set an example of electrical hardware design and development, innovation, and excellence.

Education & Experience

Recommended

• Four-year or Graduate Degree in Electrical Engineering, or any other related discipline or commensurate work experience or demonstrated competence.

• Typically has 10+ years of work experience, preferably in electrical design and tools, software packages, architecture of electronic hardware, or a related field.

Preferred Certifications

NA

Knowledge & Skills

• Memory/GPU design

• Computer Engineering

• Computer Science

• Debugging

• Electrical Engineering

• Electronic Engineering

• Electronics

• Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA)

• Hardware Architecture

• Hardware Design

• MATLAB

• Mechanical Engineering

• New Product Development

• Oscilloscope

• Physics

• Printed Circuit Board

• Schematic Capture

• Simulations

• Systems Design

Cross-Org Skills

• Effective Communication

• Results Orientation

• Learning Agility

• Digital Fluency

• Customer Centricity

Impact & Scope

• Impacts large functions and leads large, cross-division functional teams or projects.

Complexity

• Provides highly innovative solutions to complex problems within established policy.

Disclaimer

• This job description describes the general nature and level of work performed in this role. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, skills, responsibilities, knowledge, etc. These may be subject to change and additional functions may be assigned as needed by management.

The pay range for this role is $147,050 to $230,850 USD annually with additional

opportunities for pay in the form of bonus and/or equity (applies to United

States of America candidates only). Pay varies by work location, job-related

knowledge, skills, and experience.

Benefits:

HP offers a comprehensive benefits package for this position, including:

• Health insurance

• Dental insurance

• Vision insurance

• Long term/short term disability insurance

• Employee assistance program

• Flexible spending account

• Life insurance

• Generous time off policies, including;

• 4-12 weeks fully paid parental leave based on tenure

• 11 paid holidays

• Additional flexible paid vacation and sick leave (US benefits overview

[https://hpbenefits.ce.alight.com/])

The compensation and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this

posting. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time,

with or without notice, subject to applicable law.

Job -

Engineering

Schedule -

Full time

Shift -

No shift premium (United States of America)

Travel -

Relocation -

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